Dignity therapy for major depressive disorder: A case report

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 509-

  Avery, Jonathan D ^a   Baez, Maria Andrea ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; CASE REPORT; DIGNITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; LETTER; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TERMINAL CARE;

ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONHOOD; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 84861074083     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0522     Document Type: Letter

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